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Title: Early Civilizations


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Early Civilizations
  • Unit 1 World History

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Paleolithic Age
  • Old Stone Age
  • Nomads
  • Hunters and gatherers
  • Men hunted or fished
  • Women and small children gathered berries, fruit,
    nuts, wild grain, roots or shellfish.

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Neolithic Age
  • Learned to domesticate animals
  • No longer followed herd migration
  • New technologies
  • New life style

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Physical Environment
  • Stone Age depended on environment
  • Stone for tools
  • Rain and fertile soil for farming

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Cause and Effect of Agriculture Revolution
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Permanent Settlements near River Valleys - Pros
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Permanent Settlements near River Valleys - Cons
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Interactions among people
  • Warfare brought change
  • Armies forced their way on people they defeated
  • Nomadic rulers would become absorbed in city life

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8 features of civilization
  • Cities
  • Well-organized central government
  • Religions
  • Job specialization
  • Social classes
  • Arts and architecture
  • Public works
  • Writing
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